Macellina dentata "Nui Chua"

(by Bruno Kneubuehler)

General Informations

• provenience: Nui Chua NP (Vietnam)
• taxonomic evaluation by Joachim Bresseel (Belgium)
• F1 CB culture by Bruno Kneubuehler (2014)
• further taxonomical informations ➤ phasmida.speciesfile.org

Females

• 9 - 10 cm
• very filigree

Males

• 6.5 - 7.5 cm
• very filigree

Food Plants

• Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
  well accepted by nymphs and adults
• beech (Fagus sylvatica)
  moderatly accepted by adults
• Hypericum
  very well accepted by nymphs and adults (info by Niels Courtens)

Breeding, Behaviour

• active mainly during the night
• the long (about 1 cm) and very fraglie eggs are glued by the females in all sorts of cracks
• about 7 eggs per female and week
• incubation (HH-method on slightly damp sand) about 6 - 8 weeks at 20 - 23 °C
• nymphs are very fragile, therefore they should not be kept with other species
• a high humidity seems to be essential (>80%), especially for small nymphs
• one can spray them regularly with chlorine-free water, but the water should dry up again
• if kept humid, this seems to be a really easy and elegant species